Cutting-board attachment.



L. B; NICHOLSON. CUTTING BOARD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1910.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

THE mum PEIERS co.. wAsmmn-om n c) LINWOOD B. NICHOLSON, OF DICKERSON,MARYLAND.

CUTTING-BOARD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed June 27, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LiNWooD B. NICHOL- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Dickerson, in the county of Montgomery, State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cutting-Board Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to paper hangers tools and has special referenceto an attachment intended to be applied to a cutting board, the devicebeing in the nature of an attachment for connecting a paper hangersstraight edge to a cutting board in such manner that it may be movedinto and manipulated in operative position on the board or supportedout. of the way when not in use.

The object of the invention is to provide improved means for supportinga straight edge as above described.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists ingeneral of certain novel details of construction and combinaerativeposition, a portion of the table being shown. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe invention in operative position. Fig. t is a section on the line &-t of Fig. 3.

The numeral 10 indicates a cutting board such as is commonly used bypaper hangers and this board is supported in any preferred manner as bylegs one of which is indicated at 11. On the front edge of the board 10and near the right hand end thereof is indicated a socket plate 12whereon is formed a boss 13 having a suitable pivot pin receivingopening therein. The upper face of the boss 13 lies in depressedrelation to the upper edge of the plate 12 so that the face of the plate12 near its top forms a shoulder in connection with the upper face ofsaid boss as can be clearly seen by reference to Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Serial No. 569,194.

Fig. 4E. Removably engaged in the opening in the boss 13 is a pivot pin14 whereon is a collar 15 rabbeted as at 16, the rabbeted portion beingof such dimensions that when the collar rests on top of the boss 13 therabbet Will engage the shoulder at the upper edge of the plate 12 andprevent the pin 14 from turning. Extending upwardly and laterally alongthe front edge of the board 10 from this collar is an arm 17 on theextremity of which is a ball 18. This ball is so located that it liesjust in front of the edge of the board and slightly spaced above thesame when the parts are assembled.

At 19 and 20 are indicated upper and lower links respectively. Each ofthese links has near one end a depressed portion 21 which forms a socketfor the reception of a portion of the ball 18. Near the ball the link 20is provided with an upstanding screw 22 which passes through the link 19and carries on its upper end a thumb nut- 23.

At 24 is indicated a straight edge of the ordinary kind. On the righthand end of this straight edge is provided a bracket 25 which is securedto the straight edge by suitable screws. This bracket 25 is providedwith an extending car 26 having projecting pins 27 formed thereon.

The links 19 and 20 are each provided with a suitable opening to receivea pin 27 and near this end of the links the lower link 20 is providedwith an upstanding screw 28 which passes through the upper link and hasupon its upper end a thumb nut 29. Secured to the leg 11 is a supportingbracket 30.

It will be noted that the plate 12 is at all times secured to the board10 but that the pin 14 can be withdrawn at will. In using the device theboard is set up in the ordinary manner and the pin 14; inserted in theopening in the boss 13. The pin is then rotated until the rabbet 16engages the shoulder of the plate 12. The straight edge may then beplaced upon the table in any desired position, the ball and socket jointformed by the members 18 and 21 permitting the links 19 and 20 to beswung in over the table or moved out toward the edges while the ointformed between the links and the ear 26 permits the straight edge to bepositioned parallel or at an angle to the front edge of the table as maybe desired. The straight edge is then used in the ordinary manner.

When it is desired to paste the paper after trimming or to use the boardfor any other I bracket and having an end extending latpurpose thantrimming it is merely necessary to swing the parts out and twist thestraight edge until the edge near the front of the table lies beneath,this operation being permitted by the ball and socket joint beforenoted. The free edge is then dropped down and the free end will engagein the bracket while the end attached to the arm 17 will assume theposit-ion shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

There has thus been provided a simple and etlicient device of the kinddescribed and fo the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A cutting board attachment including a bracket adapted to be securedto a cutting board, said bracket being provided with a pin receivingboss, an arm having a pin thereon adapted for reception in said boss,coacting stop means on said arm and bracket to prevent rotation of thepin in the boss, said coacting stop means being operative when the pinis fully inserted, a second bracket adapted for attachment to a straightedge, and a link connection having one end pivoted to the straight edgebracketand the other end universally jointed to the arm.

2. A cutting board attachment including a bracket adapted to be securedto a cutting board, an arm removably carried by said erally from itsbody, a ball formed on said end, a pair of link members each having adepression at one end into which aportion of said ball fits, a clampscrew for drawing the ball engaging ends of said link members together,pivot means at the other ends of said link members, and a straight edgeattaching device carried by said pivot means.

3. A cutting board attachment including a bracket adapted to be securedto a cutting board, an arm removably carried by said bracket and havingan end extending lat-- erally from its body, said end being providedwith a ball, a pair of link members each having a depression at one endinto which a portion of said ball fits, a clamp screw for drawing theball engaging ends of said members together, a bracket adapted forattachment to a straight edge, an ear projecting from said bracket,pivot pins on said ear and extending through respective link members,and a second clamp screw connecting the ends of said link membersadjacent said ear.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

LINXVOOD B. NICHOLSON.

lVitnesses J. W. GAINEs, T. L. JENKINS.

